The Haflaah says that a rebbi to be learned from should be like angel of G-d who stays constant and does not elevate itself. The rebbi in order to show the greatness of his talmidim acts like a malach putting aside his gadlus by allowing them to shine. Similarly the Chasam Sofer, the student, says that the moon was willing to make itself smaller in order that the stars should be able to shine. The Maasei Hashem says that Avraham Avinu was shown the stars to reflect how we should shine in galus by publicizing the existence of Hashem, lefarsem elokuso.
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